Euros Lyn

Euros Lyn
Euros Lyn
	Euros Lyn at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con
Born	1971 (age 49–50); Cardiff, Wales
Occupation	Director
Years active	2007–present
Notable work	Doctor Who; Sherlock; Black Mirror; Daredevil
Spouse(s)	Craig Hughes; (m. 2015)

Euros Lyn (/ˈeɪrɒs ˈlɪn/) (born 1971) is a Welsh television director, best known for his work in Doctor Who, Sherlock, Black Mirror and Daredevil.

Early life

Lyn was born in Cardiff. His family moved to north Wales and later back south to Swansea. He was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and studied Drama at the University of Manchester.

Career

Euros Lyn (at right) with actor David Tennant (2009)

Lyn started his career directing Welsh-language programmes broadcast on S4C, such as Pam Fi Duw?, Iechyd Da and Y Glas.

He directed nine episodes of Doctor Who and won the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director for "Silence in the Library" and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for "The Girl in the Fireplace". He also directed David Tennant's last episodes of Doctor Who.

In 2007, he directed the pilot of George Gently, based on the Inspector Gently novels by Alan Hunter, for BBC One. He has also directed four episodes of the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty.

In 2008, he directed Children of Earth, the five-episode Torchwood mini-series (often called series 3 of the show).[1]

Lyn won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Director three times, most recently for the first series of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, which also won RTS and BAFTA Best Drama awards. He also directed Fifteen Million Merits, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series. In 2013 he directed three episodes of Broadchurch with David Tennant and Olivia Colman, and a further three episodes of the second instalment of BAFTA-winning series Last Tango in Halifax, after directing three episodes of the first series.

The crime series Happy Valley, which Lyn directed, was shown on BBC One in 2014. In 2015 the show won the BAFTA award for Best Drama Series. He also directed episodes of Gracepoint (FOX USA), Cucumber (Channel 4) and Daredevil (Netflix USA).

In 2015 Lyn received the Siân Phillips Award at the BAFTA Cymru ceremony for his contributions to the industry.[2] In the same year, he directed the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.[3]

In 2016 Lyn directed his first feature film, the Welsh-language Y Llyfrgell (The Library Suicides) starring Ryland Teifi, Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor and Sharon Haf Morgan.[4]

Personal life

Lyn now lives in Llangennith, Gower. He is a Welsh speaker. In 2015 Lyn married his partner, Craig Hughes.[5][6]

Credits

Title	Episodes	Broadcaster
Pam fi Duw?	Series 1 (1997)	S4C
Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw	Film (2000)	S4C
Belonging	Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3, 5 (2000)	BBC One Wales
A Mind to Kill	"The Little House in the Forest" (2002)	Channel 5/S4C
Casualty	"Gimme Shelter" (2002) "An Act of God" (2003) "End of the Line" Part 1 (2003) "Never Judge a Book" (2003)	BBC One
Cutting It	Series 3, Episode 4 (2004)	BBC One
Doctor Who	"The End of the World" (2005) "The Unquiet Dead" (2005) "Children in Need" (Children in Need mini-episode, 2005) "Tooth and Claw" (2006) "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006) "The Idiot's Lantern" (2006) "Fear Her" (2006) "The Runaway Bride" (2006) "Silence in the Library" (2008) "Forest of the Dead" (2008) "Music of the Spheres" (BBC Proms mini-episode, 2008) "The End of Time" (2 parts, 2009–2010)	BBC One
All About George	Series 1, Episode 1 (2005) Series 1, Episode 3 (2005)	ITV1
Jane Hall	Series 1, Episode 4 (2006) Series 1, Episode 5 (2006) Series 1, Episode 6 (2006)	ITV1
George Gently	"George Gently" (Pilot, 2007)	BBC One
Fairy Tales	"Billy Goat" (2008)	BBC One
Phoo Action	Pilot (2008)	BBC Three
Torchwood	Children of Earth (5 parts, 2009)	BBC One
Sherlock	"The Blind Banker" (2010)	BBC One
Upstairs, Downstairs	"The Fledgling" (2010) "The Ladybird" (2010)	BBC One
Black Mirror	"Fifteen Million Merits" (2011)	Channel 4
Last Tango in Halifax	Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3 (2012) Series 2, Episodes 1, 2, 3 (2013)	BBC One
Broadchurch	Series 1, Episodes 3, 4, 5 (2013)	ITV
Happy Valley	Series 1 (2014)	BBC One
Gracepoint	Series 1, Episodes 9, 10 (2014)	Fox
Cucumber	Episodes 7, 8 (2015)	Channel 4
Daredevil	"The Ones We Leave Behind" – Season 1 – Episode 12 (2015) "The Dark at the End of the Tunnel" – Season 2 – Episode 12 (2016)	Netflix
Capital	Series (2015)	BBC One
Y Llyfrgell / The Library Suicides	Film (2016)	S4C
Damilola, Our Loved Boy	Television film (2016)	BBC One
Let the Right One In	Pilot (2017)	TNT
Kiri	Miniseries (2018)	Channel 4
His Dark Materials	Series 1, Episode 6 (2019)	BBC One
Dream Horse	Film

References

"Torchwood Series 3 Confirmed". BBC. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
Share 1 (16 September 2015). "Euros Lyn to be honoured with Sian Phillips Award". BAFTA. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
"BBC One: Capital". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
Eryl Crump (17 September 2015). "Broadchurch director Euros Lyn makes debut feature film... in a library". WalesOnline.
"JustGiving.com". Justgiving.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
"BAFTA Cymru 2015 full ceremony part 3". 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2017 – via YouTube.

External links

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[Torchwood-1] "Torchwood Series 3 Confirmed". BBC. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.

[2] Share 1 (16 September 2015). "Euros Lyn to be honoured with Sian Phillips Award". BAFTA. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[BBC_Online_-_Capital-3] "BBC One: Capital". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

[4] Eryl Crump (17 September 2015). "Broadchurch director Euros Lyn makes debut feature film... in a library". WalesOnline.

[5] "JustGiving.com". Justgiving.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[6] "BAFTA Cymru 2015 full ceremony part 3". 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2017 – via YouTube.